Hydrocarbon-burner



M. G. CH|LDERS.-

HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, I919.

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fllal-ion G. Chi/dais A TTORNEY MARION G. CHILDERS, OF WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed June 16, 1919. Serial No. 304,459.

1' b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION G. CrrrLDnRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Willows, in the county of Glenn, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon burners, and is particularly adapted to be used in connection w th the oil burning system shown in my application for patent filed August 6th,-1918, Ser. No. 248,511, allowed February 8, 1919, and 1s an improvement over the type of burner shown therein.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an oil burner which will be very compact and which'may be installed in the ordinary domestic wood or coal burning range or stove without necessitating any alterations therein and which may be readily removed therefrom if desired.

Another object is to construct an oil burner in such a manner that a perfect gas will always be generated when once the burner is in operation, and which therefore can not drip liquid fuel into the firebox of the range and place the same'in a disagreeable and gummy condition.

Still another object is to provide an oil burner of the type adapted to utilize water to aid combustion with a means for insuring a plentiful supply of dry steam from the water and causing the same to be centralized at the points where it will perform its work most efficiently.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

On the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved oil burner.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the burner pan.

Referring now more particularly to the numerals of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a relatively heavy cast iron burner pan, preferably saucer shaped,

and which is provided with a plurality of upstanding lugs 2. A small water pipe 3 is secured to the pan centrally thereof, and extends down through the firebox grate of the stove in which the burner is mounted to any suitable source of water pressure such as is illustrated in my previous application for patent hereinbefore referred to.

Spaced somewhat from the pan 1 is a circular and relatively thin disk 4, having an internally threaded flange 5 thereon, which together form a cup, and into which is adapted to be screwed a heavy disk or burner plate 6, having its outer surface crowned as at 7.

Seated in the disk 4, between the same and the member 6 is a non-combustible gasket 8, so that a small space 9 is left between these two members 4 and 6. Legs 10 support the disk 4, and rest in the pan 1. Adjacent one edge of thedisk 4, a pipe 11 is secured thereon, which extends through an orifice provided in the pan 1.. Secured in the plate 6 and positioned at a point diametrally opposite to the pipe 11 is a similar pipe 12 eX- tending upward and projecting into and secured to a flanged cup 13 from which a nozzle 14 extends down a certain distance in alinement with the center of the plate 6. Into the cup 13 is screwed a heavy plug 15, being spaced a slight distance as at 16 from the bottom of the cup by means of a gasket 17.

The construction of the members 13-15 and 17 is the same as the parts 4 to 8, but somewhat smaller, while the nozzle 14, while preferably formed integral with the cup 13, is of the same type as shown and described in my aforementioned application for patent. A lug 15 is centrally provided in the plug 15 for the purpose of applying a wrench thereto, while the member 6 is provided with an offset orifice 6 for the reception of a spanner-pin.

In the operation of the device, it is of course necessary to first start the fire going by generating some gas by using a torch or some similar means, such as is commonly done. The gas thus generated will blow down through the nozzle 14 and onto the plate 6. The heat of the burning gas, surrounding the cup 13 will rapidly heat the thin bottom thereof and will cause the fuel coming through the pipe 13 to be vaporized in the space or chamber 16 before issuing from the nozzle, and as long as the fire is burning, this gas will continue to be generated. Meanwhile, the burner plate 6 is being heated, but being far thicker than the cup 13 and being below the flame, will be heated slower than the cup 13. The fuel rising through the pipe 11 into the chamber 9 will receive its initial vaporization therein, which will be completed with the superheating it receives in the chamber 16 of the cup 13. I

Hence a very hot fire will be had and one in which every atom of fuel will be utilized to generate heat, on account of the complete vaporization of the fuel. This action is aided by the water which is admitted to the pan'l through the pipe 3 after the fire is started, as is customary with such devices. The pan is naturally very hot and. quickly turns the water to steam. The legs 10 of the member at and the lugs 2 in the pin which are about on a line with the edge 0' the member 4, being of small area and standing up from the water, are naturally the hottest points in the pan, and therefore the water immediately adjacent them will be very rapidly turned to dry steam, which climbs up the legs, and surrounds the burner plate 6 and there mingles with the gas blowing downward from the nozzle 14, thus forming a highly combustible mixture of the gas and steam, the advantages of which mixture are already known to the art, and hence are not explained here in detail. Were it not for the lugs 2 and the legs 9, however, an equal generation of steam would take place over the whole area of the pan 1, and the steam would not be as dry nor as well utilized as with my construction. From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

WVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A hydrocarbon burner including a rela tively heavy burner plate, a cup below and spaced from the same, the plate being screwed thereinto to form an inclosed'chamher, a fuel pipe leading into the bottom of the cup at one edge thereof, a similar pipe extending upward from the plate opposite to the lower pipe to a relatively thin cup spaced from the plate, a plug screwed into the cup to form a narrow chamber therein, and a nozzle projecting downward from the bottom of the cup central of the plate'and communicating with the chamber in the upper cup.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

MARION G. CHILDERS.

Witnesses 1 BERNARD PRivA'r, GRACE MoCAULnY. 

